{"id":6127,"date":"2016-06-03T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T07:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mans.co.me\/en\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2016-06-06T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T07:41:39","slug":"constituted-working-group-for-analysis-and-improevement-of-secs-by-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/?p=6127","title":{"rendered":"Constituted working group for analysis and improevement of sec&#8217;s by-laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Centre for Civic Education (CCE), the Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro (AYDM) and the Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS) established today the working group that will work on the analysis of the by-laws of the State Election Commission and the drafting of proposals for improvement, which is one in a series of preconditions for free and fair elections in Montenegro.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6129\" style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6129\" class=\"wp-image-6129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7018-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7018\" width=\"702\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7018-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7018-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Vujo\u0161evi\u0107, Vuk Mara\u0161, Ivana Bogdanovi\u0107<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Working Group is composed of representatives of majority of the parliamentary political subjects in Montenegro and non-governmental organizations dealing with election issues from different angles. At the constituent meeting were present: <strong>Srdjan Miljanic<\/strong> (DPS), <strong>Spasoje Kovacevic <\/strong>and<strong> Sladjana Zivkovic <\/strong>(Socialist People&#8217;s Party), <strong>Miodrag Radovic<\/strong> (Social Democratic Party), <strong>Aleksandar Jovicevic<\/strong> (Social Democrats Montenegro), <strong>Zagorka Pavicevic<\/strong> and <strong>Jelena Milicevic<\/strong> (Positive Montenegro)<strong> Haris<\/strong> <strong>Mekic<\/strong> (Bosniak party), <strong>Luka Rakcevic<\/strong> (United reformist action), <strong>Zdravko Soc<\/strong> (Liberal party), <strong>Hasim<\/strong> <strong>Resulbegu<\/strong> (FORCA), <strong>Marash Dedvukaj<\/strong> (Albanian alternative) and <strong>Milica Kovacevic<\/strong> (Center for Democratic Transition), and on behalf of the organizer <strong>Ana Vujosevic<\/strong> from CCE, <strong>Ivana Bogdanovic<\/strong> from AYDM i <strong>Vuk Maras<\/strong> from MANS. In the Working Group also participate <strong>Savo Sofranac<\/strong> (DEMOS), <strong>Vladimir Jokic<\/strong> (Democratic Montenegro) and <strong>Dubravka Popovic<\/strong> (Centre for Monitoring and Research), which were, due to objective reasons, prevented to attend the constituent meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6131\" src=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7029-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7029\" width=\"702\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7029-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7029-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7029-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7029.jpg 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The aim of the Working group is to look at all the existing by-laws of the State Election Commission which in details provides the various aspects of electoral activities, and to offer solutions for improvement, in order to meet the forthcoming parliamentary election scheduled for October 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the organizers of the Working Group repeatedly cited so far<strong>, the existing by-laws have many ambiguities<\/strong>, such as an example regarding the possibility to vote by those people who do not have photo in the system of MI in closing the electoral roll or insufficiently specified use of the right to a secret voting for persons with disabilities, as well as the obligations of the accessibility of polling stations. On the other hand, in some by-laws are not precisely enough defined certain legal proceedings, primarily the procedure for deciding on complaints by election commissions and the presentation of evidence in these proceedings, as well as the determination of cases of conflict of interest of members of the election.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6132 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7025-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7025\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7025-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7025-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7025-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7025.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6133 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7026-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7026\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7026-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7026-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7026-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_7026.jpg 806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Coverage of the Working Group refers to the following by-laws: Rules of Procedure of committees,\u00a0 Rules on voting by letter, Rules on the determination and organization of polling stations and the measures to ensure the secrecy of voting, the Code of Ethics of the election and the Rules of the State Election Commission<\/strong>, and if by members of the Working Group is there such a demand, the coverage can be extended to all other by-laws that are the responsibility of the State election Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is planned that the Working Group conduct an analysis of by-laws and develop recommendations for improvement\u00a0 until July 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2016, after which recommendations will be consulted with the interested public and addressed to the State Election Commission for further action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The constitution and the work of the Working Group is part of the project &#8220;Fair elections free of corruption&#8221; funded by the European Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">With respect,<br \/>\n<strong>CCE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AYDM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>MANS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre for Civic Education (CCE), the Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro (AYDM) and the Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS) established today the working group that will work on the analysis of the by-laws of the State Election Commission and the drafting of proposals for improvement, which is one in a series<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"cat-53\" href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/?p=6127\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-elections","8":"category-press_releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}